1, Castle Hill

LINCOLN

SK9771NE CASTLE HILL 1941-1/9/59 (South side) 08/10/53 No.1

GV II*

House, now offices. Mid C18, converted mid and late C20. Brick, the ground floor painted, with stucco dressings and hipped and gabled plain tile roof with single gable and ridge stacks. Ground floor lintel band, splayed lintels with keystones, moulded eaves, cornice with dentillation to east, coped parapet and gable. 3 storeys plus attics, 3 bays. North front has a renewed central wooden doorcase with cornice and overlight and C20 6-panel door, flanked by shallow square bay windows with cornices and triple sashes. Above, a central round headed glazing bar sash flanked by single Venetian windows. Above again, 3 glazing bar sashes. Single segment arched dormer with a 2-light sliding sash. Left return, to Steep Hill, has to left a 6-panel door with a fanlight, and to right, a glazing bar sash. Both have round heads. Above, to left, a square wooden oriel window, C19, with a triple sash. To its right, a glazing bar sash. Above again, 2 segment headed glazing bar sashes. INTERIOR has central stairwell with a 6-flight wooden dogleg stair with cut string, 3 stick balusters per tread, and ramped scrolled handrail. At the foot of the stairs, a 4-panel door and a cupboard, possibly incorporating original panelling. Ground floor front rooms have panelled shutters, and the right room has 2 elliptical arched recesses with fluted keystones. Renewed 6-panel doors throughout, in original moulded surrounds.

Listing NGR: SK9762471796